Chapter Summaries

Yamei and Temari shared a private hot spring, where his story and affection brought them closer. Meanwhile, Obito and Black Zetsu located and broke into the seal of a former Warring States Weapon, finding a girl inside.

• Temari nervously entered a private hot spring with Yamei, who gave her time to settle in before joining her in the water.
• Yamei told Temari the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, and she relaxed as she listened.
• Temari moved beside Yamei, and they embraced as their feelings deepened.
• Obito and Black Zetsu arrived at the place where a former Warring States Weapon had been sealed, hoping to make her an ally against Yamei.
• Obito found the seal, opened a small crack in space-time with Kamui, and entered the sealed space with Black Zetsu.
• Obito and Black Zetsu found a girl surrounded by flames inside.

Obito and Black Zetsu freed Uchiha Hikari from a time-sealing Fuinjutsu and recruited her as a weapon for their plans. Meanwhile, Yamei escorted Temari back to Sunagakure, then entered an Evil God Cult hideout beneath Hot Water Village to investigate its experiments.

• Obito shattered the stone pillars sealing Uchiha Hikari, who awakened and used Tsukuyomi on him before he broke free.
• Uchiha Hikari explained that her Yachihoko Dojutsu could connect marked people and control their minds or Chakra, and that the Uchiha Clan had also implanted Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi in her.
• Obito and Black Zetsu left with Uchiha Hikari, planning to wait for Kabuto to inherit the Sage Art of Ryūchi Cave and to recruit suitable pawns.
• Yamei escorted Temari back to Sunagakure, then returned to Hot Water Village and decided to eliminate the Evil God Cult while searching for what he needed.
• Yamei found a secret chamber with people conducting experiments on captives, opened a passage into it, and burned away the rats, bones, and foul stench as torches lit the passage.

Yamei infiltrated the Evil God Cult to investigate how it created immortal people and discovered that its laboratory held rapidly growing tissue with an aura resembling the Ten-Tails. When he watched the Evil God impart a technique through its statue, the entity detected his genjutsu and fled as a black ball of light.

• Yamei subdued the Evil God Cult members and learned that their immortal-body technique came directly from the Evil God.
• Yamei examined the laboratory’s crimson tissue and suspected it came from the Ten-Tails, possibly through Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Yamei followed the cult leader to the Evil God’s altar and watched him pray for the immortal-body technique.
• Yamei entered the cult leader’s consciousness and saw a black radiance imparting knowledge before it detected him.
• The black radiance fled from the altar chamber, and Yamei appeared beside the cult leader and reached for his hand.

Yamei acquired the Secret Art of Reincarnation Origin and destroyed the Evil God Cult’s laboratory, but four transformed test subjects attacked as the mysterious soul possessed a body. After Yamei erased the monsters, he confronted the hidden being and learned it was surprised he was human.

• Yamei examined the Secret Art of Reincarnation Origin and suspected the Evil God Cult had used Ten-Tails tissue to supply the energy it required.
• Yamei destroyed the altar space and researchers, then extracted the vitality and Chakra from the remaining tissue samples.
• Yamei discovered four living test subjects in a nearby room, and they transformed into towering tentacle-covered monsters when he opened the door.
• Yamei used Dust Release to erase the regenerating monsters, then sensed that the mysterious soul had possessed a body.
• Yamei threw a Truth-Seeking Orb spear at the hidden figure, but it broke against the being, which asked whether he was human.

Yamei encountered the Evil God, who revealed that he had once been an Otsutsuki elder involved in researching the Ancestral Tree. After learning that the Divine Tree was a branch of the Ancestral Tree, Yamei became interested in its power, but the Evil God attacked and tried to take over his body.

• Yamei confronted a strange creature that identified itself as the Evil God.
• The Evil God said he had once been a foremost elder of the Otsutsuki Clan, but was cast aside after researching the Ancestral Tree and solving the clan's lifespan problem.
• The Evil God sensed traces of the Ancestral Tree in Yamei and explained that the Divine Tree was a branch of it.
• Yamei considered taking the Evil God's power, but the Evil God sensed his intent and said it would take over his body.
• The Evil God attacked Yamei with its scythe, forcing him back and cracking his blade, then offered to make a new body for his soul if he joined it.

Yamei battled the Evil God, whose unusual body and powers let him survive attacks and counter Yamei's techniques. After trapping him in a realm that joined illusion with reality and copying his abilities, Yamei discovered the Evil God had left a message warning him about the God of Otsutsuki and promising to meet again.

• The Evil God split into a new body and attacked Yamei with spatial abilities, while Yamei countered with elemental techniques and his ninja blade.
• Yamei used his Rinnegan to trap the Evil God in an illusion realm and unleashed nine elemental energies that damaged the Evil God's soul.
• Yamei returned to reality and grabbed the Evil God's hand, copying abilities including Void Suppression and Soul Clone.
• The Evil God's soul went lifeless, leaving a glowing orb that played a message praising Yamei's power and urging him to grow stronger.
• Yamei heard the Evil God's warning not to let the God of Otsutsuki capture him and learned that the Evil God might seek him out again.

Yamei reflected on his limits after defeating the Evil God, then directed Federation ninjas to attack the Evil God Cult’s remnants. Meanwhile, Obito sent Black Zetsu and Uchiha Hikari to recruit Hiruko, and Yamei arrived in the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools.

• Yamei analyzed the Evil God’s techniques and recognized that he needed to grow stronger before facing the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Yamei encountered Federation ninjas and ordered them to wipe out the Evil God Cult’s remaining members.
• Obito instructed Black Zetsu to investigate Hiruko and recruit or control him, and Black Zetsu set out with Uchiha Hikari.
• Yamei entered the Land of Whirlpools and recognized it as the former homeland of the Uzumaki Clan.

Yamei searched the ruins of Whirlpool Hidden Village and discovered that someone had removed two masks from the Uzumaki Clan’s Hall of Masks. In an underground chamber, he defeated a puppet carrying Hiruko’s Puppet Curse, then opened a sealed wall with his Adamantine Sealing Chains.

• Yamei found two masks missing from the Hall of Masks and suspected Obito’s group had taken them.
• Yamei discovered a recently formed pit near the village’s former council building and found a sealed space beneath it.
• Yamei destroyed a puppet that absorbed ninjutsu and collected its core, which bore Hiruko’s Puppet Curse.
• Hiruko sensed that someone had destroyed his Puppet Curse and decided to leave his hideout.
• Yamei used his Adamantine Sealing Chains to open the sealed wall in the underground chamber.

Yamei uncovered and claimed an Uzumaki Clan inheritance, then traced Hiruko’s residual soul aura to pursue him. Hiruko fled toward Mount Sumeru, while Uchiha Hikari and Black Zetsu followed after him.

• Yamei found books, Fuinjutsu scrolls, and an Uzumaki Clan skeleton in a hidden chamber, and the Sea of Derivations began analyzing the scrolls.
• Yamei stored the inheritance and skeleton, searched the ruins, and used the core’s residual soul aura to locate Hiruko.
• Hiruko realized someone was tracking him and ordered One, Two, and Three to attack any intruders before fleeing toward Mount Sumeru.
• Black Zetsu and Uchiha Hikari arrived after Hiruko had left and decided to pursue him.
• One, Two, and Three sensed a powerful presence approaching and gathered to face it.

Yamei sent a clone to fight Hiruko’s three servants while he continued ahead, then tested his copied Sage Jutsu by summoning a colossal simplified True Several Thousand Hands. The attack left a vast crater, with the Chimera and its fate obscured by the dust.

• One, Two, and Three blocked Yamei and summoned their creatures to attack him.
• Yamei’s clone repelled their attacks with a Wood Golem Wall and struck them down with a Wood Dragon.
• Three fused the nearly dead One and Two into a Chimera, then charged Yamei’s clone.
• Yamei activated his incomplete Sage Jutsu and summoned the five-to-six-hundred-meter True Several Thousand Hands.
• Yamei sent countless Buddha hands toward the Chimera, leaving a crater several hundred meters wide after the dust settled.

Yamei confronted Hiruko, whose greed for the Sage's Eyes drove him to attack and unleash his stolen Kekkei Genkai. After Yamei vanished from Hiruko's devastating assault, Hiruko saw young Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and the others approach and question whether he would repeat his mistakes.

• Yamei caught up with Hiruko and revealed he wanted Hiruko's Kekkei Genkai, while Hiruko recognized Yamei's Sage's Eyes and coveted them.
• Hiruko attacked Yamei with Swift Release and Steel Release, but Yamei stopped his strike with Shinra Tensei.
• Hiruko fired Storm Release lightning, and Yamei controlled it and returned it as Lacerating Laser attacks.
• Hiruko absorbed Yamei's lasers with Dark Release, redirected them, and unleashed Storm Demon Dragon, but Yamei disappeared from the crater after the attack.
• Hiruko heard his name and saw young Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and others approach; Hiruzen asked whether he would kill them and repeat his mistakes.

Yamei captured Hiruko and used his body to lure Black Zetsu and Uchiha Hikari into a trap. The chapter ended with Yamei appearing before them inside a metallic space.

• Yamei replicated Hiruko’s Dark Release, Storm Release, and Swift Release, then suppressed his soul and took control of his body.
• Hiruko encountered Black Zetsu and Uchiha Hikari, recognized her, and listened as Zetsu tried to recruit him.
• Hiruko tricked Black Zetsu and Hikari into focusing on him, allowing Yamei to trap them in a metallic space.
• Yamei emerged from space and told Black Zetsu that he had finally captured him.

Yamei revealed that he knew Black Zetsu's origins and plan to resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki, then offered to help it. Black Zetsu agreed to cooperate and returned to Obito's side with a sphere from Yamei, while Uchiha Hikari remained in Yamei's hands.

• Yamei confronted Black Zetsu with a Truth-Seeking Orb and explained that its body was formed from Yin-Yang Release and Kaguya's will.
• Yamei revealed that he knew Black Zetsu wanted to resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki, then promised to help rather than stop it.
• Black Zetsu asked why Yamei would help, and Yamei warned it about Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Yamei told Black Zetsu that he controlled seven of the nine Tailed Beasts and gave it a sphere for communication and future instructions.
• Black Zetsu said Uchiha Madara, the Five Kage, and the previous Hokage had not yet been resurrected, but the plan was underway.
• Black Zetsu suggested killing Uchiha Hikari because she had heard their conversation, but Yamei told it to leave her to him.

Yamei defeated Uchiha Hikari’s attacks and helped her recover the name and memories that had been taken from her. He brought her to his residence in the Land of Waves to meet her true kin, where Mikoto questioned him about bringing her home.

• Black Zetsu vanished, leaving Uchiha Hikari alone with Yamei, who urged her to reject the orders of the Uchiha traitor controlling her.
• Uchiha Hikari attacked Yamei with Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi, but he controlled the flames and stopped her Dojutsu.
• Yamei revealed that he had the Sharingan and an Uchiha wife, then called Uchiha Hikari by her name and brought back memories of her parents and her cruel past.
• Uchiha Hikari accepted Yamei’s hand and left with him, choosing to abandon the Uchiha order.
• Yamei brought Uchiha Hikari to his residence in the Land of Waves, where Mikoto, Izumi, and Shion welcomed him, and Mikoto questioned his new companion.

Yamei investigated the Dragon Vein beneath the Rōran Ruins and realized it could let him travel through time, while the sealed Source of Life reacted to its power. He took Mukade from Sunagakure to the ruins, intending to use him to reach the past.

• Yamei analyzed the materials from Uchiha Hikari, gained Yachihoko, and integrated lost Uchiha ninjutsu into Return of Ten Thousand Laws.
• Yamei spent half a month inspecting the Federation with Shisui and Pakura, then received Gaara, Tsunade, and Mei Terumi.
• Yamei sensed the Dragon Vein beneath the Rōran Ruins and considered traveling to the past using Mukade as a Time Anchor.
• Yamei found Mukade in Sunagakure researching the Art of Hyper Regeneration with Dragon Vein Chakra.
• Yamei transported Mukade to the Rōran Ruins and led him into a dark space containing a pillar, four statues, and a square Fuinjutsu.

Yamei used Mukade to unleash the Dragon Vein and traveled through time to the Ancient Kingdom of Roran. There, he met Naruto and Queen Sara, then suggested that Sara’s country, her mother’s death, and her claim to the throne were not what she believed.

• Yamei persuaded Mukade to remove Minato Namikaze’s seal, unleashing the Dragon Vein’s power.
• Yamei entered a space-time barrier, chose a Time Anchor, and traveled to the Ancient Kingdom of Roran.
• Yamei found Naruto and Sara in a ruined underground chamber, and stopped Sara when she tried to flee.
• Yamei identified Sara as the kingdom’s queen and questioned whether her mother’s death was natural and whether she truly ruled the country.
• Sara collapsed into Yamei’s arms, and Naruto demanded to know what Yamei had done to her.

Yamei and Naruto escaped into the ancient city, where they fought Dragon Vein-powered puppets. Yamei absorbed their energy and strengthened the Source of Life, then encountered Minato Namikaze, Shibi Aburame, and Akimichi Chōza, who ordered Naruto to leave the city.

• Yamei carried Sara through a stone door with Naruto, then destroyed two puppets waiting outside.
• Three puppets attacked Yamei and Naruto; Yamei absorbed a puppet’s Chakra while Naruto fought the others with shadow clones.
• Yamei used the Preta Path, Fuinjutsu, and Dark Release to drain the Dragon Vein-powered puppet army and feed its Chakra to the Source of Life, improving its quality.
• Yamei spotted Minato Namikaze, Shibi Aburame, and Akimichi Chōza defeating puppets, and Naruto assured them Yamei was not an enemy.
• Minato questioned Naruto and told him to leave the city, then noticed Sara in Yamei’s arms.

Yamei helped Sara realize that Anrokuzan was using Rōran’s people and the Dragon Vein, while Minato explained that Naruto and his companions had traveled six years into the past. When two versions of Mukade appeared in the same timeline, Minato’s group confronted the puppet-controlled one as Yamei took Sara underground to rescue her people and face the other.

• Minato Namikaze and the others tried to seize Sara from Yamei, but Yamei escaped their encirclement while holding a Rasengan.
• Sara woke in Yamei’s arms, realized Anrokuzan had made them all puppets, and asked him to help her.
• Minato explained that Naruto’s group had followed Mukade through the Dragon Vein into the past and needed to defeat Mukade to return home.
• Yamei told the group Mukade was already outside, where a giant puppet controlled by one version of Mukade had appeared, and warned that another Mukade was underground.
• Minato and the others rushed to confront the puppet Mukade while Yamei took Sara underground, where they found a machine producing Puppet Soldiers and hundreds of people forced to operate it.

Sara cut off the Dragon Vein’s flow and confronted Anrokuzan, but Yamei defeated him and copied his abilities before joining the battle against Mukade. Anrokuzan transformed and merged with Mukade amid a surge of puppets and wooden powder, forming a cocoon with a powerful aura.

• Sara severed the Dragon Vein’s supply, stopping the factory machinery, and ordered Anrokuzan to halt the weapons project and free the enslaved people.
• Anrokuzan sent his assembled puppets to attack, but Yamei shattered their colossal fusion and captured Anrokuzan, copying his Art of Hyper Regeneration and Puppet Technique.
• Yamei told Sara to rescue the enslaved people, then appeared in the city where Mukade’s regenerating monster was fighting Naruto, Minato, Kakashi, Yamato, and the others.
• Mukade charged Yamei and called on Anrokuzan for help, while Anrokuzan snapped his neck, escaped Yamei’s grasp, and transformed into a six-legged monster.
• Purple lights from the surrounding buildings and a river of wooden powder converged on Mukade and Anrokuzan, forming a cocoon whose powerful aura alarmed Minato, Yamato, Naruto, and the others.

Yamei defeated Mukade's evolved puppet body with a Truth-Seeking Orb and absorbed the Dragon Vein's power. He left Minato to handle the nearly dead time travelers and went underground to fuse the Dragon Vein with the Source of Life.

• Mukade emerged in an evolved puppet body and attacked Yamei, Minato, Yamato, and Kakashi.
• Yamei shattered Mukade's puppet with a Truth-Seeking Orb, acquired an improved Art of Hyper Regeneration, and separated Mukade from Anrokuzan.
• Yamei absorbed the power building inside the puppet, gave Anrokuzan to Naruto, and told Minato to deal with the nearly dead Mukades.
• Minato began erasing everyone's memories of the incident while Yamei went to the Dragon Vein and erased Mukade.
• Yamei sent Sara to organize the civilians' evacuation, then released the Myriad Gods Seal and began fusing the Source of Life with the Dragon Vein's power.